Midwest Conference Member Schools Will Play League-Only Contests in Fall Season
Monmouth, IL (07/16/2020) — With a majority of Midwest Conference member institutions including Monmouth College announcing their plans for the resumption of classes this fall, the conference's Presidents' Council met on July 15 to discuss the fall sports season.
In a vote of the member school's presidents, the MWC approved a plan moving forward for the fall season which will eliminate all non-conference competition. The first games for most teams will be in late September.
Monmouth's non-MWC fall teams - men's water polo which competes in the Collegiate Water Polo Association and men's and women's golf of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - are not impacted by the Midwest Conference ruling.
Teams such as cross country, which normally competes at multi-team events, may schedule dual and triangular meets with other league schools, but none outside of the MWC.
The MWC COVID-19 Working Group will continue its efforts toward the development of a common set of criteria for the screening and monitoring of COVID-19 in order to protect the health of student-athletes and college communities when intercollegiate competition resumes.
The presidents are in consensus that close monitoring of the COVID-19 landscape is ongoing and fall competition may not occur if public health guidance changes in the coming weeks.
Further announcements regarding Midwest Conference athletics for 2020-21 will be released in the weeks ahead.
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